Salford City vs Accrington Stanley

26 August 2023 · League Two · 2023/24 · Referee C Breakspear

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

  • Ryan Watson 88’ (pen)
  • Shaun Whalley 24’
  • Josh Andrews 45’

Match summary

Accrington Stanley took a 2-1 win at Salford City. Accrington Stanley led 2-0 at half-time.

Shaun Whalley put Accrington Stanley ahead in the 24th minute, Josh Andrews made it 0-2 in the 45th minute, and Ryan Watson pulled one back to make it 1-2 from the penalty spot in the 88th minute.

Both sides had 16 shots, with 2 on target for Salford City and 6 for Accrington Stanley.

Match stats

Salford City Accrington Stanley
16 Shots 16
2 Shots on Target 6
1 Corners 6
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Salford City Accrington Stanley
Kick-off
24’
Shaun Whalley0-1 (Accrington Stanley)
45’
Josh Andrews0-2 (Accrington Stanley)
Half-time0-2
Ryan Watson
Penalty
1-2 (Salford City)
88’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Salford City
  • Curtis Tilt
  • Luke Garbutt
  • Callum Hendry
Accrington Stanley
  • Jay Rich-Baghuelou
  • Shaun Whalley
  • Josh Andrews

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Accrington Stanley attacking Salford City attacking 
15’ Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley), open play, blocked 19’ Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley), set piece, blocked 19’ Jack Nolan (Accrington Stanley), set piece, off target 21’ Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley), open play, saved 22’ Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley), from a corner, blocked 23’ Rosaire Longelo (Accrington Stanley), open play, off target 24’ Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley), open play, goal 31’ Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley), open play, saved 45’ Josh Andrews (Accrington Stanley), open play, goal 45’ Josh Andrews (Accrington Stanley), open play, saved 47’ Callum Hendry (Salford City), open play, hit the woodwork 48’ Tommy Leigh (Accrington Stanley), open play, blocked 51’ Conor McAleny (Salford City), open play, blocked 54’ Brad Hills (Accrington Stanley), set piece, hit the woodwork 57’ Luke Bolton (Salford City), open play, blocked 61’ Jack Nolan (Accrington Stanley), from a corner, off target 65’ Josh Woods (Accrington Stanley), from a corner, off target 65’ Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley), from a corner, blocked 65’ Josh Andrews (Accrington Stanley), from a corner, saved 71’ Ryan Watson (Salford City), open play, off target 72’ Callum Hendry (Salford City), open play, off target 74’ Ossama Ashley (Salford City), open play, blocked 75’ Ryan Watson (Salford City), open play, hit the woodwork 77’ Ryan Watson (Salford City), open play, off target 79’ Callum Hendry (Salford City), open play, blocked 87’ Callum Hendry (Salford City), open play, saved 88’ Ryan Watson (Salford City), penalty, goal 90+1’ Curtis Tilt (Salford City), from a corner, off target 90+1’ Marcus Dackers (Salford City), open play, blocked 90+1’ Matt Smith (Salford City), open play, blocked 90+1’ Matt Smith (Salford City), open play, blocked 15’ Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley), open play, blocked 19’ Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley), set piece, blocked 19’ Jack Nolan (Accrington Stanley), set piece, off target 21’ Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley), open play, saved 22’ Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley), from a corner, blocked 23’ Rosaire Longelo (Accrington Stanley), open play, off target 24’ Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley), open play, goal 31’ Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley), open play, saved 45’ Josh Andrews (Accrington Stanley), open play, goal 45’ Josh Andrews (Accrington Stanley), open play, saved 47’ Callum Hendry (Salford City), open play, hit the woodwork 48’ Tommy Leigh (Accrington Stanley), open play, blocked 51’ Conor McAleny (Salford City), open play, blocked 54’ Brad Hills (Accrington Stanley), set piece, hit the woodwork 57’ Luke Bolton (Salford City), open play, blocked 61’ Jack Nolan (Accrington Stanley), from a corner, off target 65’ Josh Woods (Accrington Stanley), from a corner, off target 65’ Shaun Whalley (Accrington Stanley), from a corner, blocked 65’ Josh Andrews (Accrington Stanley), from a corner, saved 71’ Ryan Watson (Salford City), open play, off target 72’ Callum Hendry (Salford City), open play, off target 74’ Ossama Ashley (Salford City), open play, blocked 75’ Ryan Watson (Salford City), open play, hit the woodwork 77’ Ryan Watson (Salford City), open play, off target 79’ Callum Hendry (Salford City), open play, blocked 87’ Callum Hendry (Salford City), open play, saved 88’ Ryan Watson (Salford City), penalty, goal 90+1’ Curtis Tilt (Salford City), from a corner, off target 90+1’ Marcus Dackers (Salford City), open play, blocked 90+1’ Matt Smith (Salford City), open play, blocked 90+1’ Matt Smith (Salford City), open play, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Liam Shephard
90′ – – – – – – –
Theo Vassell Taken off
72′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – –
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Matthew Lund Taken off
66′ – – – – – – –
Stevie Mallan Taken off
66′ – – – – – – –
Conor McAleny Taken off
72′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 4 – – –
Matt Smith
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Ossama Ashley Came on as a substitute
24′ – – 1 – – – –
Ryan Watson Came on as a substitute
24′ 1 – 4 – – – –
Marcus Dackers Came on as a substitute
18′ – – 1 – – – –
Connor McLennan Came on as a substitute
18′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Salford City win 51% Avg odds 1.83
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.58
Accrington Stanley win 23% Avg odds 4.16

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.